Crionics

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SLAYER - CRIONICS

From the Album SHOW NO MERCY

Copyright 1987 METAL BLADE RECORDS

Version 1.0 - October 1998

Transcription By: Kiowa Jackson

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. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)

My name is Kiowa Jackson and this thing took me forever to

to do so you better. This is definetley one of Slayer´s best,

it´s called Crionics and is from Show No Mercy.

Riff 1a

1-------------------------------------------------------------

2-------------------------------------------------------------

3-------------------------------------------------------------

4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-12-------------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-12-------------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-8--10------------------------

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx

Riff 1b

1-------------------------------------------------------------

2-------------------------------------------------------------

3-------------------------------------------------------------

4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-3-3-----------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-3-3-----------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-5-5-----------------------

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx

Riff 1c

1------------------------------------------------------------

2------------------------------------------------------------

3------------------------------------------------------------

4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--------------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--------------------

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx

Play Riff 1a + b 3 times (2 times with only one guitar)

Then Riff 1a + c 1 time

Then again Riffa 1a + b but this time only 2 times

This is then followed by:

Riff 2

1------------------------------------------------------------

2------------------------------------------------------------

3------------------------------------------------------------

4-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------
5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------
6-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---------

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx

And then it´s riff 1a, riff 2 and 2 times riff 1a

Then comes this (2 times):

Riff 3

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-9-7-5-12--------------------------------------------------
5-9-7-5-12--------------------------------------------------
6-7-5-3-10--------------------------------------------------

Then Riff 1a + c, 2 times Riff 1a + b

Then Riff 2, Riff 1a, Riff 2, 2 times Riff 1a

Then 2 times Riff 3, Riff 1a plus this:

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12------------
6-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10------------

xxxxxxx xxxxxxx

Then

1------------------------------------------------------------

2------------------------------------------------------------

3------------------------------------------------------------

4------------------------------------------------------------

5------------------------------------------------------------

6-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9--7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11---------------

1------------------------------------------------------------

2------------------------------------------------------------

3------------------------------------------------------------

4------------------------------------------------------------

5------------------------------------------------------------

6-3-7-3-7-3-7-3-7--5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9---------------------

Play this 4 times:

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-9-12-9-12-9-12--14-14----------------------------------
5-9-12-9-12-9-12--14-14----------------------------------
6-7-10-7-10-7-10--12-12----------------------------------

Then one guitar plays this:

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11--9-13-9-13-9-13-9-13---------

5-----------------------------------------------------------

6-----------------------------------------------------------

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-5-9-5-9-5-9-5-9--7-11-7-11-7-11-7-11---------------

5-----------------------------------------------------------

6-----------------------------------------------------------

The other plays this:

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-10-14-10-14-10-14-10-14--12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16

5-----------------------------------------------------------

6-----------------------------------------------------------

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-12-16-12-16-12-16-12-16-------------------------------
4--------------------------------14-18-14-18-14-18-14-18

5-----------------------------------------------------------

6------------------------------------------------------------

Then it´s Riff 1a + c and then this:

4a

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-7-----------------------------------
5-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-7-----------------------------------
6-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-5----------------------------------

x x x x x x

4b

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------
5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5------------------------------------
6-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-2----------------------------------

x x x x x x

4c

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-7----------------------------------
5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-7----------------------------------
6-3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-5----------------------------------

x x x x x x

Now play Riff 5(=4a two times + b and c one time) two times .

Then one guitar plays this:

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------------------------------------------------

4-9--7-9--7-5--4-5------------------------------------------
5-9--7-9--7-5--4-5------------------------------------------
6-7--5-7--5-3--2-3-----------------------------------------

While the other plays like this:

6

1-----------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------------------------------------------------

3-4-5-4-----------------------------------------------------
4--------5-4---4-5-4-5-4--------------------------
5------------7-----------7-5-4------------------------------
6-----------------------------7------------------------------

After this is played together the second guitar continues to

play Riff 6 while the other playes Riff 5.

After this is played together a couple of times the solo comes

in and Riff 5 continues during that.

Then after the solo Riff 6 is played by both guitars 4 times.

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